Daojoan

Daojoan, 4 hours ago to random

Peak property bubble is when you can’t report on a double murder without referencing the valuation of the alleged killer’s house

Daojoan, 5 hours ago to random

The world came through the Cuban Missile Crisis by the skin of its teeth, thanks to the good judgment, steady nerves, and calm of those at the helm.

Every generation since has been faced with a sobering question: In a similar situation, would the leaders they have chosen exhibit that same prudence and composure?

Or would they give in to bluster, fear, panic, and violence?

https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/the-power-of-patience-restraint-and-nerves

Daojoan, 6 hours ago to random

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Daojoan, 8 hours ago to random

The current state of AI technology lacks the nuanced understanding and ethical judgment necessary to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the content it produces.

Read more 🍕 https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/curation-is-the-last-best-hope-of-intelligent-discourse

Daojoan, 21 hours ago to random

"Embrace AI or be left behind" is a condescending and heartless ultimatum. A false dichotomy that reeks of debunked social darwinist horse-fuckery.

Tech should adapt to people's needs.

Not the reverse.

Daojoan, 19 hours ago to random

I have nothing particularly new or interesting to say about that Canva video. Only that I hope any backlash is not directed at the obviously talented and creative performers on the stage who had a job to do and did that job well.

Daojoan, 1 day ago to random

Tuchman's Law: "The fact of being reported multiplies the apparent extent of any deplorable development by five- to tenfold"

AKA

Be skeptical of the apparent frequency and severity of negative events as presented by the media and historical records, and remember that normal, everyday life is often much more stable and uneventful than it appears.

Daojoan, 3 days ago to random

When tech companies say “democratise” they always, always mean “homogenise”

Daojoan, 3 days ago to random

No algorithm can replace human wisdom and analysis.

But no algorithm will need to if we have already abandoned — wholesale — a millennium of critical reading and thinking skills.

https://joanwestenberg.medium.com/the-death-of-critical-thinking-will-kill-us-long-before-ai-781fdd23cc7c

Daojoan, 6 days ago to random

Social Darwinism twists the biological theory of natural selection into a blunt club to batter the less fortunate.

It ignores the complex environmental, social, and economic factors that shape outcomes in the modern world.

Most of all, it absolves us of any responsibility to help our fellow humans.

It’s the philosophy that drove the financial crisis. The same philosophy that drove the NSDAP.

https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/the-brain-rot-of-social-darwinism

Daojoan, 3 days ago to random

EBITDA is a scam.

Daojoan, 4 days ago to random

Ideological reductionism is the art of oversimplification.

It's the act of stripping away nuance, context, and the messy reality of the world in favor of a black-and-white narrative.

It's the belief that every problem has a single, easy solution and that those who disagree are not just wrong but morally bankrupt.

https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/ideological-reductionism-is-rarely-helpful

Daojoan, 4 days ago to random

Covered today in @theindex

🇷🇺 Russian space weaponry
🇩🇴 Dominican election results
🇬🇧 UK election called
🇵🇸 Growing EU recognition of a Palestinian State

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Daojoan, 5 days ago to random

I don’t need an “AI PC”

I need a laptop with a word processor and an internet connection.

Daojoan, 5 days ago to random

I have realised that I get a lot more done when I spend less time thinking or worrying about my tools or processes or productivity hacks. I write lists of things. I write notes. I use the browser that comes with my laptop. Less friction. More output.

Daojoan, 6 days ago to random

I want one thing from Apple, and one thing only.

The Journal app to be available on my Mac.

Daojoan, 6 days ago to random

What does this remind you of?

“The majority of middle-class Germans treated the National Socialists along the lines described by the historian Friedrich Mei-necke in December 1930: 'People laugh at their economic demands, and the upper ten thousand dutifully berate their rowdyism on the street, as the conventions of polite society demand; yet these very circles continue, quietly yet unabated-ly, to murmur about how useful National Socialism might become.’”

(Via Volker Ullrich)

Daojoan, 6 days ago to random

The world is big and complex. There is more than one way to look at it. The more we can expand our reality tunnel—or even step outside it once in a while—the better we can understand each other and make sense of it all.
https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/on-reality-tunnels

Daojoan, 9 days ago to random

The "spell" Hitler cast is what we often call a "reality distortion field"—an ability to bend perceptions, convincing followers to believe the impossible and disregard facts and reason.

We've glorified this trait, especially in charismatic business leaders.

And it's a terrible mistake.

https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/the-reality-distortion-spell

Daojoan, 7 days ago to random

Creators who are burned out by renting space on someone else’s platform and playing the Shopping Channel game, squeezing dollars out of sponsored promotions, eventually shift toward a direct funding patronage model.

Of course we do. It's the only model that respects our creativity and still makes commercial sense.

Or...does it?

https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/the-creator-economy-cant-rely-on-patreon

Daojoan, 7 days ago to random

We've all heard the personal finance advice popularised by Robert Kiyosaki: "Pay yourself first."

The idea is that before you pay your bills, before you buy anything else, you should set aside money for savings and investing. Supposedly, this prioritizes your financial future.

I've never liked this advice. It rings hollow. It feels selfish.

https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/why-i-pay-myself-first-with-my-time